Listen, the trap is a great tactic, which is easily beaten with speed through the neutral zone. Just like the LW lock is easily beaten by the give and go. Defense is defense, no matter teh tactic, and defense is a part of hockey. If you want more scoring, find a different sport.
As far as the refs go, yes they pretty much suck donkey balls league wide, so we can't just pick on the one ref that picks on your team. i could argue that Magoo is much more biased against Detroit than he is against the Canucks, but I can't really prove it, so it is silly to bitch about him individually. The problem is no ref is held accountable for his calls, bias or no bias. No ref is in danger of loosing his job or even a fine for blowing calls or breaking up fights that lead to injuries later on because they didnt let the players settle it right then and there. Because of the wonders of pay cable, i get a chance to watch every game played in a year, and in nearly everyone of them, I see refs make the most ignrant calls known to man. Piss poor refing is a league wide problem, any reformation of the league should start there.
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